Lt. Col. Bernadette Bland of Belvidere, a veteran of two overseas deployments and multiple domestic emergency missions, with her sons, Sgt. Rob Bland and Kevin Bland, after her retirement ceremony at the Illinois Military Academy Auditorium on Camp Lincoln in Springfield, Ill on May 3, 2026.
260502-A-YR062-1755.JPG Photo By: Spc. Davanh Sanamixay, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Lt. Col. Bernadette Bland of Belvidere, a veteran of two overseas deployments and multiple domestic emergency missions, with her sons, Sgt. Rob Bland and Kevin Bland, after her retirement ceremony at the Illinois Military Academy Auditorium on Camp Lincoln in Springfield, Ill on May 3, 2026. Bland served for more than 25 years including multiple overseas deployments and training missions. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Davanh Sanamixay, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs).


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